Battery carrier



HAMA 112 L. E. Bom/LES BATTERY CARRIER Filed Aug. 1.7, 1992 rammed Apr. 1, i924.

UlTED STATES LESTER E. BOW'LES, 0F CLINTON, INDIANA.

BATTERY CARRIER.

Application led August 17, 1922. Serial No. 582,475.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, LESTER E. BowLEs, a citizen of the'United States, residin at Clinton, in the county of Vermilion, tate 5 of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Battery Carriers; and l do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled w in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in carriers, and particularly to devices for carrying Storage l@ batteries.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a handle by means of which lstorage batteries may be easily carried from place to place, or lifted from floor or automobile 2e to workbench.

Another object is to provide a device of this character which is simple in construction, formed from few parts, thus rendering the manufacture cheap, and which is a capable of easy adjustment to tit diiferent batteries.

Other objects land advantages will be apparent from the following description when taken in connection. -with the accompanying 30 drawing.

ln the drawing:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a handle made in accordance with the invention.

Figure 2 is a vertical transverse sectional te view on the line 2-2 of Figurel.

lli ure 3 is a vertical longitudinal sectiona view on the line 3 3 of Figure 2.

Fig. 4 is a horizontal longitudinal sectional view on the line 4-4 of Figure 3.

e@ Referring to the accompanying drawing it will be seen that the device includes 4the hand-grip portion 10, and the battery engaging arms 11, slidably carried by the hand-grip portion.

on The portion 10 is termed from a sheet of metal which is rolled to form the tubular linger engaging ortion 11, and the relient upper flat portion 12. Within each end oi the flat portion 12 is secured, by means ol the rivet 13, a plug 14, and each plug is cut out in its upper corner portion to torna a passage 15, to which more particular reference will be made later herein.

Each of the battery engaging members l1 is formed from an elongated strip of metal, andv includes the right angularly extending arms 16 and 17, the former of which is slidably disposed through the passage 15, of a plug 14, and into the flat portion 12 of the hand-grip. The end of the arm 16, which is disposed within the fiat portion 12, is formed with 'an angularly extending lug 18 which is arranged to engage with the plug 14 to prevent the arm being completely withdrawn from the hand-grip, as will be readily understood. This inner end of the arm 16 is beveled, to permit ready and easy passage of this end with respect to the correspondin end of the other arm 16, and whereby anger of the said ends abutting, and preventing proper adjustment of the members 11, is com letely obviated.

The other arm 1 of each member 11 is twisted, as at 19, to lie in a plane at'right angles to that of the arm 16, and the outer extremity of the arm 17 is bent outwardly' at an angle, as shown at 20,. for the purpose of engagement,l with a portion of a storage battery, with which the invention is adapted for use.

It will readily be seen that by sliding the members 11 into and out of the hand-grip 10, the distance between the arms 17 may be varied, thus permitting the said arms to properly engage with storage batteries ont different sizes.

What is claimed is:

1. An article carrier including a handgrip, the hand-grip having a longitudinal passage therethrough, a pair of article engaging angle members each having one of 1ts arms s idable in the said longitudinal passage, and means in each end of the handrip for engagement by the said arms to 1m1t the outward sliding movement thereof, the inner ends of said arms being formed for ready movement past each other within the hand-grip. i

2. An article carrier comprising a handgrp having a longitudinal passage in its upper portion, closure members in each end o" the passage :termed with passages, an

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angular member having an arm slidable being beveled for proper .passage Within the through a closure passage and into the 1onhand-gri lo gitudinai passage and having a lateral In testlmony whereof I aiiix my signature, terminal luI for engagement with the in the presence of two Witnesses.

I elosuremem er to prevent removal of the LESTER E. BOWLES.

arm, the other arm of each anguiar member Witnesses: having an article enagin means, the ham- FRANK Bowmxs9 grip receiving en s o the first arms ADAM WEIR., 

